Eric Fischl

The American painter, graphic artist and sculptor Eric Fischl (* 1948 in New York) is one of the most important representatives of contemporary figuration. His work is characterized by a style linked with American Realism. The compositions, which capture scenes like snapshots, convey the impression of a film clip. The just completed or immediately imminent action is thus often only implied.

Eric Fischl's motifs are often derived from domestic contexts. They describe the everyday and the ordinary, show people in constellations as couples or in interaction, usually scantily clad to nude in an atmosphere dominated by sexuality. The viewer is incorporated into this pictorial world created by Fischl in the role of the voyeur.

The exhibit in the ALBERTINA Museum concentrates on Eric Fischl's graphic works and encompasses a cross-section of his work. In addition to print graphics, works on glassine and chrome coat paper, including Eric Fischl's well-known bathing and beach scenes, several bronze sculptures of the artist are on display and complement the posing figures of the watercolors.